- salar
- v.1 to salt.2 to add salt to.3 to spoil, to ruin. (Central American Spanish, Carib, Mexican Spanish)4 to put salt in, to salt, to season with salt, to treat with salt.María sala la sopa Mary puts salt in the soup.5 to cure with salt, to preserve in salt, to corn, to dry-and-salt.Ellos salan los cortes de res They cure with salt the beef cuts.* * *salar► verbo transitivo1 (curar) to salt2 (sazonar) to salt, add salt to* * *verbto salt* * *ISM And, Cono Sur (=yacimiento) salt flat, salt pan; (=mina) salt mineII1. VT1) (Culin) [para poner salado] to add salt to, put salt in; [para conservar] to salt2) LAm (=arruinar) to ruin, spoil; (=gafar) to bring bad luck to, jinx *; (=maldecir) to curse, wish bad luck on3) And [+ ganado] to feed salt to4) CAm, Caribe (=deshonrar) to dishonour2.See:* * *I 1.verbo transitivoa) (para conservar) <carne/pescado> to salt (down); <pieles> to saltb) (para condimentar) to salt, add salt to2.salarse v pron (Méx fam) (echarse a perder) planes to fall through; negocio to go bustII
se me salaron las vacaciones — my vacation plans fell through
masculino (Chi) salt pan, salt flat* * *= salt.Ex. My aubergines are softer and richer in flavour and you'd have to be a pretty poor cook not to realise you need to rinse them after salting.* * *I 1.verbo transitivoa) (para conservar) <carne/pescado> to salt (down); <pieles> to saltb) (para condimentar) to salt, add salt to2.salarse v pron (Méx fam) (echarse a perder) planes to fall through; negocio to go bustIIse me salaron las vacaciones — my vacation plans fell through
masculino (Chi) salt pan, salt flat* * *= salt.Ex: My aubergines are softer and richer in flavour and you'd have to be a pretty poor cook not to realise you need to rinse them after salting.
* * *salar1 [A1 ]vtA1 (para conservar) ‹carne/pescado› to salt, salt down; ‹pieles› to salt2 (para condimentar) to salt, add salt toB (Col arg) ‹novato/alumno› to play a joke on, to haze (AmE)■ salarsev pron(Méx fam) (echarse a perder): se me salaron las vacaciones my vacation plans fell through o were ruinedse le saló el negocio his business went down the drainsalar2masculine(Chi)salt pan, salt flat* * *
salar 1 (conjugate salar) verbo transitivoa) (para conservar) ‹carne/pescado› to salt (down);
‹pieles› to saltb) (para condimentar) to salt, add salt to
salarse verbo pronominal (Méx fam) (echarse a perder) [planes] to fall through;
[negocio] to go bust
salar 2 sustantivo masculino (Chi) salt pan, salt flat
salar
I verbo transitivo
1 (echar sal a una comida) to add salt to
2 (poner en salazón) to salt
3 LAm fam (estropear, desgraciar) to spoil, ruin
4 LAm (dar o causar mala suerte) to bring bad luck to
II m (salina, terreno estéril)
'salar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
salazón
English:
salt
* * *salar1 vt1. [para conservar] to salt2. [para cocinar] to add salt to3. CAm, Carib, Méx [echar a perder] to spoil, to ruin;[causar mala suerte] to bring bad luck tosalar2 nmsalt flat* * *salarI v/t add salt to, salt; para conservar saltII m Argsalt mine* * *salar vt1) : to salt2) : to spoil, to ruin3) CoRi, Mex : to jinx, to bring bad luck
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.